>> Check the DOCTYPE --- XHTML 1.0 Strict doesn't allow a width >> declaration for table cells. > Any issues with this one? > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> Nope. I know that if the page is resized below a certain size, the only way to hold a <td> open is to use some kind of graphic or CSS spacer. Kind of like a "minimum-width" bar. Regards Mark Howells <http://www.mark.ac/evl/>